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French and Indian War
The British fought the french and drove them out of north america. The treaty of pairs 1763 gave the British all land east of the Mississippi river -
Proclamation Line
Forbid the American colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Parliament passes the stamp act as a means to pay for British troops on the American frontier. Colonists violently protest the measure. -
Quartering Act
Required colonists to provide food and shelter to British soldiers -
Declaratory Act
Stated Parliament had the right to tax the colonists at anytime -
Townshend Acts
passed by Parliament in 1767, placed taxes on imported materials such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Four workers shot by British troops stationed in Boston. Patriots label the killings "The Boston Massacre. -
Committee of Correspondence
Network of Individuals that kept people informed throughout the colonies; created after Boston Massacre. -
Tea Act
This lowered the tax on British tea, making it cheaper than the non-British tea colonists smuggled. -
Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Act where Boston is punished for their part in the Boston Tea Party. Closed Boston Harbor; closed their government offices and led to the First Continental Congress. -
"Shot herd around the world"
The incident at the North Bridge later was memorialized by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his 1837 poem “Concord Hymn”. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine's Common Sense published. Becomes an instant best seller and pushes the colonies closer to independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence ratified by the Congress.
